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Chazal

Chazal noun: the sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.

Noun

Chazal pl (plural only)

  1. (Judaism, plural, plural-only) The sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.

Proper noun

Chazal (plural Chazals)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of Chazal

pluralChazals

Origin of Chazal

From Hebrew חז״ל (khazál), which is an acronym for חכמינו זיכרונם לברכה (khakhaméinu zikhronám livrakhá, “our sages, of blessed memory”).

Borrowed from French Chazal.

Questions about Chazal

What does Chazal mean?
Chazal means the sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.
What part of speech is Chazal?
Chazal can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Chazal in the dictionary

  1. chays
  2. Chaytor
  3. Chaytors
  4. Chayuco
  5. Chaz
  6. Chazal
  7. Chazals
  8. chazan
  9. chazanic
  10. chazanim
  11. chazans

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